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Minor Prophets

 
Dictionary: Mi·nor Prophets   ('nər) pronunciation
 
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The Hebrew prophets Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.


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Encyclopedia of Judaism: Minor Prophets
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(known in Aramaic as Terei Asar, or "Twelve"). The works of the 12 prophets contained in the Prophets section of the Bible. They are called "minor" in comparison with the much larger works of the three "major" prophets---Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Talmud (BB 14b) states that the 12 were gathered together because otherwise, "as they are small, they might be lost." Of the 12, nine prophesied during the First Temple era, while Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi prophesied during the Second Temple era.

 
Bible Guide: Minor Prophets
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The works of twelve prophets contained in the Prophets section of the O.T. They are called "minor" in comparison with the much larger works of the three "major" prophets – Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The Minor Prophets are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.


 
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A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Twelve individuals had their names attributed to a section of the Hebrew Bible which has become known by the Aramaic term as the Trei Asar ("Twelve") in traditional Jewish editions and "Books of the Minor Prophets" or the "Minor Prophets" in Christian editions.

In the Hebrew Bible the writings of the minor prophets are counted as a single book, in Christian Bibles as twelve individual books. The "Twelve" are listed below in order of their appearance in Hebrew and most Protestant and Catholic Christian bibles:

The Septuagint of the Eastern churches has the order: Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, the rest as above. It also puts the "Minor Prophets" before, instead of after, the "Major prophets".

Recent biblical scholarship has focused on reading the "Book of the Twelve" as a unity.[1]

The term "minor" refers to the length of the books, not their importance. See Major Prophets for the longer books of prophecies in the Bible and the Tanakh.

The twelve minor prophets are collectively commemorated in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the twelve minor prophets are read in the Breviary during the fourth and fifth weeks of November, which are the last two weeks of the liturgical year.

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  1. ^ See, for example, Nogalski, James D. and Sweeney, Marvin A. (eds), Reading and Hearing the Book of the Twelve. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2000. ISBN 978-0884140214.
  • Schart, Aaron: Die Entstehung des Zwölfprophetenbuchs. Neubearbeitungen von Amos im Rahmen schriftenübergreifender Redaktionsprozesse. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft de Gruyter 260, Berlin New York, 1998, 3-11-016078-1 3-11-016078-1

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Preceded by
Ezekiel
Hebrew Bible Followed by
Psalms
Preceded by
Daniel
Christian Old Testament End of Old Testament
New Testament begins with
Matthew

 
 

 

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